Obsessive compulsive disorder: prevalence in Xhosa-speaking schizophrenia patients

Obsessive compulsive disorder: prevalence in Xhosa-speaking schizophrenia patients

Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) has been reported in up to 31% of schizophrenia sufferers. This study evaluated the presence of OCD in a Xhosa-speaking schizophrenia group. Xhosa patients (N = 509, including 100 sibships) with schizophrenia were recruited from hospital and community settings. Th...

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Veröffentlicht in:South African medical journal 2005-02, Vol.95 (2), p.120-122
Hauptverfasser: NIEHAUS, Dana J. H, KOEN, Liezl, EMSLEY, Robin A, MULLER, Jacqueline, LAURENT, Claudine, STEIN, Dan J, LOCHNER, Christine, SEEDAT, Soraya, MBANGA, Irene, DELEUZE, Jean-Francois, MALLET, Jacques
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Sprache:eng
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Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Biological and medical sciences
Comorbidity
Ethnic Groups
Female
General aspects
Humans
Interview, Psychological
Male
Medical sciences
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder - complications
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder - epidemiology
Prevalence
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Psychoses
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia - complications
Schizophrenia - epidemiology
Schizophrenia - ethnology
Schizophrenic Psychology
South Africa - epidemiology
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Zusammenfassung:Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) has been reported in up to 31% of schizophrenia sufferers. This study evaluated the presence of OCD in a Xhosa-speaking schizophrenia group. Xhosa patients (N = 509, including 100 sibships) with schizophrenia were recruited from hospital and community settings. The patients underwent a structured clinical interview for the presence of lifetime co-morbid schizophrenia and OCD. Only 3 patients (0.5%) fulfilled criteria for OCD. No concordance for OCD was noted in the sibship group. Our findings differ from those in other parts of the world, and if replicated, might suggest unique protective environmental or genetic factors for OCD in certain ethnic groups.
ISSN:0256-9574